I'm with you, Mellow. I get a smile watching happy people, and these are people that have waited so long for the opportunity to be considered "normal" that their exuberance at the opportunity is infectious.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich